Professor Werner F Menski
MA (Kiel) PhD (London)
Overview
School of Law
(Professor of South Asian Laws)
Centre of Jaina Studies
(Member, Centre of Jaina Studies)
Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies
(Chair, Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies)
Centre of South Asian Studies
(Member, Centre of South Asian Studies)
Classical and modern Hindu law; Muslim Law; Laws of South Asia; Family law; Comparative law; South Asians in the UK; Immigration law; Ethnic minoritiesContact Details
- Name:
- Professor Werner F Menski
- Email address:
- wm4@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4674
Interests / Disciplines
Law; socio-legal and cultural studies, religion and lawTeaching
Students supervised
Courses Taught
Expertise
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Available for
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
- Bangladesh
- India
- Pakistan
Languages
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Sanskrit
- Urdu
Publications
Authored Books
Menski, Werner (2006) Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa. Cambridge University Press.
Menski, Werner (2003) Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity. Oxford University Press.
Menski, Werner (2000) Modern Indian Family Law. Curzon Press.
Menski, Werner and Alam, R and Raza, M (2000) Public interest in litigation in Pakistan. London: Platinum.
Menski, Werner and Pearl, D (1998) Muslim Family Law. Sweet & Maxwell.
Edited Books
Menski, Werner F and Chanda , Biswajit, eds. (2005) Cancer of Extremism in Bangladesh. Proceedings of the European Human Rights Conference on Bangladesh: Extremism, Intolerance & Violence. Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies, SOAS and Bangladesh Conference Steering Committee.
Edge, I, ed. (2000) From Imperial domination to 'Bhaji on the Beach': Fifty years of South Asian laws at SOAS. Ardsley (NY), pp. 121-144.
UNSPECIFIED, ed. (2000) Author and subject index I&NL&P Vol 13 (1999). UNSPECIFIED, pp. 50-72.
UNSPECIFIED, ed. (1998) South Asians and The Dowry Problem. Trentham Books.
Chapters in Books
Menski, Werner F (2007) 'Beyond Europe.' In: Orucu, E. and Nelken, D., (eds.), Comparative Law. A Handbook. Hart Publishing, pp. 189-216.
Menski, Werner F (2006) 'Rethinking Legal Theory in the Light of South-North Migration.' In: Menski, W. and Shah, P., (eds.), Migration, Diasporas and Legal Systems in Europe. Routledge Cavendish, pp. 13-28.
Menski, Werner (2004) 'Cherrypicking Customs: On what happens when custom is not taught.' In: Hinz, and Manfr,, (eds.), Proceedings of Windhoek Conference 26-29 July 2004. UNSPECIFIED.
Menski, Werner (2003) 'Can the Duty not to Talk about Dharma be conducive to Justice?' In: P, S, (ed.), Liberty, Equality and Justice: Struggles for a New Social Order. Eastern Book Company (India), pp. 233-246.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Hindu law as a 'religious'system.' In: Huxley, A, (ed.), Religion, law and tradition. Comparative studies in religious law. RoutledgeCurzon (UK), pp. 108-126.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Hinduism.' In: Levinson, D, (ed.), Encyclopaedia of crime and punishment. Sage (US, UK & India), pp. 827-831.
Menski, Werner (2001) 'Chameleaons and dodgy lawyers: Reflections on Asians in Britain and thei legal reconstruction of the universe.' In: Crawley, W, (ed.), Britian India and the diaspora: Changing social and historiographical perceptions (Indo British Review Millennium Edition 2001). Channai, pp. 137-160.
Menski, Werner (2000) 'Muslim law in Britain.' In: Koga, M and Naito, M and Hamaguchi, T, (eds.), From migrant to citizen: South Asian communities overseas. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo), pp. 294-318.
Menski, Werner (2000) 'Introductory overview of public litigation in Pakistan: Past and Future [and] Public interest litigation: A strategy for the future. The Fourth Cornelius Memorial Lecture [and] Research bibliography on public litigation.' In: Menski, W and Alam, R and Raza, M, (eds.), Public Interest litigation in Pakistan. Platinum (London)/ Pakistan Law House (Karachi), 1-21 [and] 106-132 [and] 155-167.
Menski, Werner (2000) 'Introduction: Ethnic minority studies in English law`.' In: Menski, W, (ed.), Ethnic minorities in English law. Trentham Books and SOAS, xiii-xxii.
Articles
Menski, Werner (2006) 'Glenn's Vision of the Hindu Legal Tradition.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1 (1). pp. 153-157.
Menski, Werner (2005) 'What happened to presumption of marriage?' Kerala Law Times, 2005 - 1 .
Menski, Werner and Khajavee, Ismatullah (2005) 'Index to Vol 18.' Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 1 . pp. 57-80.
Menski, Werner and n/a, (2005) 'What happened to presumption of marriage?' Kerala Law Times, 2005 - 1 .
Menski, Werner (2005) 'Democracy in Religion: The Hindu Case.' Daimon. Annuario di diritto comparato delle religioni .
Menski, Werner (2005) 'Democracy in Religion: The Hindu Case.' Daimon. Annuario di diritto comparato delle religioni, 5 . pp. 51-73.
Menski, Werner (2004) 'Law, Religions and Democracy: The Indian Experience.' Paper from the Conference in Piazenca on 'Religions, political theology, democracy' .
Menski, Werner (2004) 'Paper from the Conference in Piazenca on 'Religions, political theology, democracy'.'
Menski, Werner and Khajavee, I (2003) 'Author and Subject Index to IANL.' Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 17 . pp. 56-76.
Menski, Werner (2003) 'Hindu Law, Human Rights Jurisprudence and Justice in India Today.' Indian Journal of Juridical Sciences, vol. 1 . pp1-28.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Immigration and multiculturalism in Britain: New issues in research and policy.' KIAPS: Bulletin of Asia-Pacific Studies, Vol. XII . pp. 43-66.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Comment.' Anthropology Today, Vol. 18 No. 4 . p. 20.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'A letter from Tokyo.' Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol. 16 No. 2 . pp. 105-107.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Chameleons and dodgy lawyers: Reflections on Asians in Britain and their legal reconstruction of the universe.' Indo-British Reviews A Journal of History, Vol. XXIII No. 2 . pp. 89-103.
Menski, Werner (2002) 'Author and subject index to IANL Vol 15 (2001).' Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol. 16 No. 1 . pp. 55-75.
Menski, Werner and Puri, S (2001) 'Author and subject index to I&NL&P Vol 14.' Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 15 (No 1) . pp. 45-69.
Menski, Werner (2001) 'Muslim law in Britain.' Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 62 . pp. 202-236.
Menski, Werner (2001) 'Postmodern Hindu law.' SOAS Law Department Occasional Papers . pp. 1-42.
Menski, Werner (2000) 'Is there a cure?' Hinduism Today . p. 31.
Menski, Werner (2000) 'Developments in Muslim Law: The South Asian context. (The Birth Centenary Commemorative Lecture delivered in honour of Professor Asaf A A Fyzee at the Royal Asiatic Society Hall in Bombay, 22nd December 1999).' Supreme Court Cases (Journal section) . pp. 9-18.
Other
Menski, Werner F and Brown, Jeremy A (2006) Jain Law Project: Case Law: Case List Edition: Post Jain (1942). Centre of Jaina Studies Website: SOAS.
